• Black Book

    HOT SPOTS
    APT
    419 West 13th Street
    212.414.4245
    APT Website
    BEATRICE INN

    285 West 12th Street
    212.243.4626

    LITTLE BRANCH
    20 Seventh Avenue South
    212.929.4360

    Spa To Hang Out In

    Great Jones Spa

    29 Great Jones St. –212.505.3185

    http://www.gjspa.com/index.php

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    Juice Bar

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    Cool Haircut

    April Barton

    Suite 303, in the Chelsea Hotel / 222 West 23rd Street / 212.633.1011

    http://www.suite303.com/

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    New York City

    Restaurants

    BarFly
    50 Carmine St.
    212.929.5050
    Tempura so light fish, beef, port and vegetables . The space is pure Americana with white ceramic tiles walls, mirros and chalkboard.

    Bar Stuzzichini
    928 Broadway, Nr. 22nd street 212.780.5100
    Southern Italian Menu includes dishes like short rib braciole, and rigattone with ragu.

    Il Buco
    47 Bond Street
    212.533.1932
    Romantic atmosphere
    Insala di Zucchini

    Insieme
    777 Seventh Avenue at 51st Street
    212.582.1310
    At the Michelangelo Hotel

    Klee Brasserie
    200 Ninth Avenue (212.633.8033 – Australian food incorporating European and American influences. The name Klee means clover in Austrian. The space looks like your basic dream kitchen – all light wood and mosaics and soft lighting.

    Anthos
    36 West 52nd Street Fifth Avenue 212.582.6900
    Occupies a boxy, innocuous space among the towers of midtown (there is a standard bar up front, a large mirror in the back, and white walls decorated with paintings of random, un-Greek cherry blossoms)
    Entrees at Anthos are mostly standard midtown specialites dressed up in various exotic ways.

    Fatty Crab
    643 Hudson St. nr. Horatio St. 212.352.3590
    Melasian Food.
    dishes like beef rendang, oyster omelettes, and chili crab.

    FR.OG
    71 Spring St. Nr. Lafayette St.
    212.966.5050
    The menu travels the globe, Vietnam, Morocco and Lebanon…

    Spring Street Natural Restaurant
    62 Spring Street
    (Coner of Lafayette)
    New York City
    212.966.0290
    Spring Street Natural Restaurant
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    BARS
    The Bar at the Bowery Hotel
    335 Bowery (212)505-9100
    If you like taxidermy, deep woodsy colors, smoky oil paintings and a real live fireplace, look no further.

    Socialista
    505 West St.
    Havana nights on the West Side of NYC

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    TOP FACIALS

    Christine Chin Spa:

    82 Orchard St. 212.353.0503
    Price for Facial $120

    Sally Hershberger Face Place:

    425 West 14th Street 212.367.8200
    Dry hot towels are used to open pores

    ROYAL BODY TREATMENTS

    Josephine’s Retreat
    200 East 62nd Street 212.223.7157
    Pedicure Price $50-$65

    Jin Soon Natural Hand and Foot Spa
    421 E. 73rd Street
    212.249.9144
    Milk and Honey pedicure. Features Hot-Milk soak, a thick sugar scrub, a toe to knee cream massage and a honey foot balm.
    Price$50.00

    La Vie Zen Spa
    420 Madison Avenue
    212.207.8220
    Marine Thermal Back Facial $110.00

    Okeanon Club Spa
    211 E. 51st Street
    212.223.6773
    Try the eucalyptus-scented banya (steam and sauna.) followed by the head to toe rubdown with eucalyptus oil that calms you beyond belief. $120

    Paul Labrecque Salon & Spa
    160 Columbus Avenue
    212.988.7816

    Try the Detoxifying Seaweed Body Wrap $130.00

    Sava Spa
    211 Pinehurst Avenue
    Washington Heights
    212.543.0008
    Legs wrapped in cashmere blankets and calluses are melted with foams and sprays.
    Price: $80.00
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    The B&B Option in New YorK

    Brownstones, Lofts and Inns

    Below are samples of B&B’s sampled from an article I read in NYT.

    To find others, check www.lanierbb.com or search for New York bed and breakfast.

    Manhattan

    Stay the Night
    18 East 93rd Street
    (212)722.8300
    www.staythenight.com

    Has 7 rooms prices from $75 with a shared bathroom or $215.00 for a complete apartment.
    No Breakfast
    Near by are Sarabeth’s
    1295 Madison avenue at 92nd Street
    212.410.7355
    and
    Petak’s Deli and Cafe
    1246 Madison Avenue at 89th street
    212.722.7711

    Room in SoHo Loft
    153 Lafayette Street at Grand Street www.livingwithartusa.com
    Has 2 rooms on the 7th fl and 2 rooms on the 5th floor, with private bath price $180 – $220.
    Revervations are taken by e-mail at roominsoho@mac.com. No breakfast

    BROOKLYN

    Bed & Breakfast on the Park – 113 Prospect Park West -
    718.499.6115
    www.bbnyc.com
    Prices range from $165 – 295 plus 10 percent gratuity; all come with private baths and breakfast.

    BRONX

    Le Refuge Inn Bed & Breakfast on City Island — 586 City Island Avenue; 718.885.2478
    www.lerefugeinn.com
    Has seven rooms $115 single and $135 Double
    Continental breakfast and tax included.

    Bar 44

    The Royalton Hotel, 44 West 44th Street

    http://www.royaltonhotel.com/royalton_hotel.asp?iid=ROYINTRO

    Hotel Delmano

    Hotel Delmano

    82 Berry St. Brooklyn, (Williamsburg) 718.387.1945

    212.944.8844

    THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND

    UrbanDaddy - National Underground

    159 E. Houston St. 212.475.0611

    Josephine’s Retreat
    200 East 62nd Street 212.223.7157
    Pedicure Price $50-$65

    Jin Soon Natural Hand and Foot Spa
    421 E. 73rd Street
    212.249.9144
    Milk and Honey pedicure. Features Hot-Milk soak, a thick sugar scrub, a toe to knee cream massage and a honey foot balm.
    Price$50.00

    Sava Spa
    211 Pinehurst Avenue
    Washington Heights
    212.543.0008
    Legs wrapped in cashmere blankets and calluses are melted with foams and sprays.
    Price: $80.00

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